Psalms 18:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 86:13 : 13 For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.
  • Ps 88:3-8 : 3 For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol. 4 They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man, 5 adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power. 6 You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths. 7 Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah) 8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
  • Ps 88:15-17 : 15 I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain. 16 Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me. 17 They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare– just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.
  • Acts 2:24 : 24 But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

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    5The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

    6The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

  • Ps 116:3-4
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    3The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

    4I called on the name of the LORD,“Please LORD, rescue my life!”

  • Ps 18:4
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    4The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

  • Jonah 2:5-6
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    5Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

    6I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God.

  • Ps 55:4-5
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    4My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

    5Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.

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    3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

  • Jonah 2:2-3
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    2and said,“I called out to the LORD from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer.

    3You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.

  • Ps 9:13
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    13when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

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    18The LORD severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.

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    5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)

  • Ps 143:3
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    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

  • Ps 18:6
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    6In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

  • Ps 18:16-18
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    16He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water.

    17He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.

    18They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD helped me.

  • Lam 3:5-7
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    5He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.

    6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

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    20ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.

  • Ps 69:1-2
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    1For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.

    2I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

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    3Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

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    6You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

  • Ps 40:12
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    12For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

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    3O LORD, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

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    15I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

    16Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.

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    54The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.

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    10That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,

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    19They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD helped me.

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    15Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me!

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    73%

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    16Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

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    17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

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    9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.